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THE SECOND NT LOT IS LOCATED AT AREA 6, MA WO, TA1 PO. IT HAS AN AREA OF ABOUT 8,675 SQUARE METRES AND IS FOR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.

THE REMAINING LOT IS LOCATED AT AREA 14B, YUEN SHUN CIRCUIT, SHA TIN.

MEASURING ABOUT 4,100 SQUARE METRES, THE SITE IS INTENDED NON-INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES, EXCLUDING GODOWN, RESIDENTIAL AND HOTEL.

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HEAVIER FINES FOR LABOUR OFFENCES

LABOUR LAW OFFENDERS ARE PAYING MORE DEARLY AS FINES IMPOSED BY THE COURTS CONTINUE TO GO UP.

ACCORDING TO LABOUR DEPARTMENT STATISTICS, THE AVERAGE FINE ON AN OFFENDER HAD RISEN FROM $3,776 IN 1989 ΤΟ $4,180 LAST YEAR, AN INCREASE OF 10.69 PER CENT.

DURING THE PERIOD, THE DEPARTMENT SUCCESSFULLY BROUGHT 3,156 CASES TO THE COURTS, RESULTING IN A TOTAL FINE OF $13.19 MILLION, CONVICTIONS AND $15.23 MILLION FINES IN THE

COMPARED WITH 4,036 PREVIOUS YEAR.

"THE UPWARD TREND OF FINES FOR BREACHES OF LABOUR LEGISLATION SERVES TO MAKE EMPLOYERS TAKE WORKERS' SAFETY AND WELFARE MORE SERIOUSLY," THE SENIOR LABOUR OFFICER (PROSECUTIONS), MR TSANG KIN-WOO, SAID.

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"GIVEN OUR CONTINUOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTION, EMPLOYERS WILL HAVE TO DIG DEEPER INTO THEIR POCKETS FOR THEIR OFFENCES, MR TSANG SAID.

HE ALSO POINTED OUT THAT MORE THAN 60 PER CENT OF THE CONVICTED CASES LAST YEAR RELATED TO INDUSTRIAL SAFETY OFFENCES.

"THEY INCLUDED 1,067 CASES OF BREACHES OF THE FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS ORDINANCE AND ITS SUBSIDIARY REGULATIONS, AND 828 CASES RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS, WITH FINES TOTALLING $4.12 MILLION AND $6.86 MILLION RESPECTIVELY, HE SAID.

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THERE WERE ALSO 1,094 CONVICTIONS OF VIOLATION OF WELFARE PROVISIONS UNDER THE WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS (INDUSTRY), EMPLOYMENT OF CHILDREN AND EMPLOYMENT AGENCY REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS THE EMPLOYMENT, LABOUR RELATIONS AND EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION ORDINANCES. THE FINES IMPOSED TOTALLED $1.87 MILLION,

OF THE REMAINING CASES, 137 INVOLVED BREACHES OF THE BOILERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS ORDINANCE, 29 CONCERNED FAILURE то КЕЕР OR TRODUCE FOR INSPECTION EMPLOYEES RECORDS UNDER PART 1VB OF IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE AND ONE RELATED TO OBSTRUCTION UNDER SUMMARY OFFRNCES ORDINANCE, RESULTING IN FINES TOTALLING $337,650.

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